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CSX derailment worker killed by crane
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CSX derailment worker killed by craneJACKSON TOWNSHIP, Ind. Authorities in Indiana say a worker cleaning up after a train derailment was killed when a crane fell on him, the Associated Press reports. The accident happened Thursday in Jackson Township in northwest Indiana. The Times of Munster sa...
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UTU member missing in Neb. rail bridge collapse
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UTU member missing in Neb. rail bridge collapse NORFOLK, Neb. -- A railroad bridge over the Elkhorn River in southwest Norfolk collapsed Tuesday, sending three Nebraska Central Railroad employees into the fast-moving current, the Grand Island Independent reported. [UTU editors' note: One uni...
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Loss of a Brother
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In the line of duty: Gregory G. Kastner CLEVELAND, June 2 Members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen are in mourning following the tragic death of veteran New Jersey Transit hostler Gregory G. Kastner. According to preliminary reports, Brother Kastner had just finished fuel...
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bEwar3e of your feinds list
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I know I go through the friends lists I see of some of the people from here that are friends and in their friends lists I have seen FRA, Trainmasters callers and the list goes on....They might not be on your friends list but they could be a friend of a friend. Thats why I only limit mt page to friends.
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DrainOders wanna know...
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Eastern Railroad Discussion > tracing a freight carDate: 01/09/10 19:58 tracing a freight car Author: puddlejumper How hard would it be to do a trace on a freight car? It is currently on a siding off the NEC near Washington D.C., so I don't know if it would be traced by Amtrak or by NS. It is a boxcar, KC...
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EO 26 Update.....
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U.S. Transportation Secretary Announces Proposed Regulations to Prevent Railroad Crew Distractions While Operating TrainsU.S.Department of Transportation Office of Public Affairs Washington, D.C. www.dot.gov/affairs/briefing.htm News DOT-98-10 Contact: Mark Paustenbach Telephon...
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Whiz Quiz
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I was going through some stuff and came upon the papers associated with my last random test from nearly 2 years ago. Is it necessary for me to hold on to them or can I run them through ye olde shredder and be gone with them?
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Calling All Hawgs
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This comic courtesy of This email is generated from Comics.com and sent to you by sara. This does not subscribe you to any emails from Comics.com.
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Heather Boehlke
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Got this via e-mail from Division 231. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2H5vvPO9A6A
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Yay! We be railroadin'!
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Uh...at the ol' Yard Shanty!
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Clean Up the Tracks
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Union Pacific engineer takes on task of cleaning up Ames' railroad tracks By Nirmalendu Majumdar/The Tribune David Lahner, a Union Pacific employee for 37 years, has spent time between his work travels over the past two weeks picking up litter along the railraod tracks downtown and on Ontario Stre...
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UTU member sues over chemical exposure
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UTU member sues over chemical exposureA railroad worker has filed suit against BNSF Railway Co., alleging he suffered great physical and mental pain after inhaling chemicals while working, the Southeast Texas Record reports. Sean Gaffney claims he was working for BNSF on May 27, 2008, when he was...
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Death of Oregon engineer ruled suicide
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Death of Oregon engineer ruled suicideAfter an almost six-week investigation, the violent crimes unit of the Eugene, Ore., Police Department has determined that the gunshot that killed a Portland & Western Railroad engineer at the Eugene railyard on Feb. 6 was self-inflicted, The Register...
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FRA's task: To help get you home safely
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FRA's task: To help get you home safelyBy Jo Strang FRA Associate Administrator for Safety The Federal Railroad Administrations primary function is to make America's railroads safer by establishing and enforcing federal regulations on railroad safety. Our emphasis on the importance of safet...
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Unit train of...
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...wind-turbine blades rolled inta the yard earlier. Hmmm... This is new. Read about, but never saw one. And the camera batteries are dead! Shoulda recharged 'em. Only thing is, the charger disappeared! Shitfire!
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UP worker killed in Metrolink train crash
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UP worker killed in Metrolink train crashINDUSTRY, Calif. - A Union Pacific employee died Saturday when his pickup truck was struck by a Metrolink commuter train, authorities told the San Gabriel Valley Times. The crash occurred about 9:30 a.m. near the intersection of Valley Boulevard and Templ...
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Court: No urine test, no pay
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Court: No urine test, no payLINCOLN, Neb. -- If you won't go, then you get no dough, the Omaha World Herald reports. That was the ruling this morning (March 19) in the Nebraska Supreme Court over a Burlington Northern Sante Fe engineer who said he was unable to provide a urine sample for a federal- and co...
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UTU member honored posthumously
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UTU member honored posthumouslyOTTAWA - It was like a scene from a cinematic thriller: a train barrelling uncontrollably down a mountain track, and a brakeman frantically climbing between cars in a desperate attempt to reach the manual stop, the Canadian Press reports. Only this was real life and...
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Rail worker dead in Pa. train crash
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Rail worker dead in Pa. train crashBRADDOCK, Pa. Two freight trains owned by a U.S. Steel subsidiary crashed near a Pittsburgh-area plant early Tuesday, killing one person and causing cars on one train to derail, the Associated Press reports. The cause of the crash at the company's Edgar Thompson W...
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Man claims Amtrak ignored his stroke
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Man claims Amtrak ignored his strokeA thirty-year employee of Amtrak says he suffered a stroke at work and his employer did nothing to help him, Chicago Now reports. Manuel Avelos says that on April 23, 2007, while working for Amtrak as a track worker machine operator, he started to exhibit symptoms...
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PATH violated whistleblower protection
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PATH violated whistleblower protectionA whistleblower investigation by OSHA has found that The Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corp. of New York and New Jersey violated the rights of an employee when it imposed discipline on her for exercising her rights under the Federal Railroad Safety Act, the O...
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KCS acquires intermodal facility on Coastal Mexico
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Kansas City Southern announced Monday that it has acquired the Puerta Mexico intermodal facility at Toluca in the State of Mexico on KCS International Intermodal Corridor.Puerta Mexico is well-positioned, making it a valuable enhancement for our cross-border service offering, said David...
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Fatigue too often cause of transport accidents
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Fatigue too often cause of transport accidentsNational Transportation Safety Board Chairman Deborah A.P. Hersman is encouraging the sleep research and health care communities to continue their efforts to educate transportation policy makers of the dangers of fatigue in all modes of transpor...
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KCS says no acquisition in the works
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KCS says no acquisition in the worksKansas City Southern railroad chief executive Michael Haverty said the company has had no talks about being acquired in the months since Warren Buffett purchased rival Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp., Dow Jones reported. Shares of the railroad have soared b...
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PTC plan deadline: April 16
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PTC plan deadline: April 16The months-long wait for the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to issue a final implementation rule on positive train control (PTC) ended for U.S. railroads on Jan. 12, Progressive Railroading magazine reports. Now, the 30 roads affected by the federal PTC mandat...
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